An email signature is text, like your contact information or a favourite quote, that's automatically added at the end of Gmail messages as a footer.
Add or change a signature
You can include up to 10,000 characters in your signature.
- Open Gmail.
- At the top right, click Settings
See all settings.
- In the 'Signature' section, add the text of your signature to the box. If you want to, you can format your message by adding an image or changing the text style.
- Tip: Your image also counts towards the character limit. If you get an error, try resizing the image.
- At the bottom of the page, click Save changes.
See all settings.Manage multiple signatures
You can use different signatures for your emails. For example, you can set a signature default for new emails that you compose or reply to. You can also choose a different signature with each email that you send.
.- Open Gmail.
- At the top right, click Settings
- Under 'General', scroll to 'Signature' and click the signature that you want to edit.
- Use the text box to make your changes.
- To change the signature name, click Edit
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- To change the signature name, click Edit
- At the bottom, click Save changes.
.Tip: You can also choose a signature default for new emails and emails that you reply to.
- Open Gmail.
- At the top right, click Settings
- Under 'General', scroll to 'Signature'.
- Click the signature that you want to remove.
- Click Delete
- At the bottom, click Save changes.
Add a signature if you're using the 'Send email as' feature
If you use the 'Send email as' feature to send from different addresses in your account, you can add a different signature for each address.
To select an address, use the drop-down menu above the signature text box on the settings page.
If you can't see the drop-down menu:
- Open the accounts and import settings page.
- Check that your addresses are listed in the 'Send email as' section.
Troubleshoot issues
If you have problems with images in a Gmail signature, learn how to troubleshoot issues with Gmail signatures.